Core slots are provided in an outer circumferential side of a rotor core and extend in an axial direction of a rotor shaft. A rotor conductor is a rod-shaped conductor inserted in each of the slots, and after insertion of the rotor conductor in each slot, a flared portion is formed flaring in a slot-transverse direction, and a propping-apart force occurring between the flared portion and both side wall surfaces of the slot fixes the rotor conductor to the slot. In an inner wall of an outer circumferential side of each slot abutting the flared portion, an unevenness is arranged along the axial direction of the rotor shaft.

Rotor for an electrical machine has a rotor core with a plurality of radially outwardly extending rotor legs, a number of exciter windings corresponding to the number of rotor legs, each wound around one of the rotor legs, and a separating device, having a number of separating portions corresponding to the number of rotor legs, which are arranged between a respective pair of adjacent exciter windings and extend axially between two opposing end faces of the rotor, a first annular connecting portion which connects together the separating portions at one of the end faces, and a second annular connecting portion which connects together the separating portions at the other of the end faces. The separating device is formed by a first part and by a second part which are joined together by means of a form-fit and/or force-fit connection, wherein the first part comprises at least the first connecting portion and at least partially the separating portions, and the second part comprises at least the second connecting portion.

A rotor for a rotary electric machine, including: a stack of magnetic laminations each having openings, the superposition of these openings within the stack forming slots, at least some of the openings having, on at least part of their periphery, friction reliefs, electrically conducting bars made of a first material, received in at least part of the slots and coming to bear via at least one principal face against said reliefs.

A motor includes a rotor fixed to a rotary shaft, a stator arranged so as to surround the rotor with a gap from the rotor in a radial direction orthogonal to an axis direction of the rotary shaft, and a case accommodating the rotor and the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores made from a soft magnetic material, and a rotor fixing member that fixes the rotor cores. The stator includes a plurality of stator cores made from a soft magnetic material, a stator fixing member that fixes the stator cores, and coils wound around the stator cores, respectively. The motor includes at least two sets of the rotor and the stator, and the sets are stacked in an axis direction of the rotary shaft.

A salient pole machine (30) comprises a rotor (20) rotating about a machine axis, said rotor (20) having at its circumference a rotor rim (21) with a predetermined outer radius (29), whereby a plurality of salient poles (22), each extending in radial direction, is attached to said rotor (20) at said rotor rim (21) at a respective pole-rim interface (24). The mechanical properties of the configuration are improved by providing at said pole-rim interface (24) a plurality of axial rib-like rim extensions (25) projecting radially from said rotor rim (28) with a predetermined circumferential distance (d) between neighboring rim extensions (25), by each salient pole (22) having a plurality of axial pole grooves (26) matching and receiving said rib-like rim extensions (25) at the respective pole-rim interface (24), and by providing fixing elements (27) to fix said rib-like rim extensions (25) in said pole grooves (26).

A rotor for an induction motor includes a rotor core having a hollow portion on a central portion wherein a shaft is coupled to the rotor core by being inserted through the hollow portion, a plurality of slots radially formed in the rotor core around a central axis of the shaft, a plurality of conductor bars coupled to the plurality of slots, and an end ring electrically connecting the plurality of conductor bars to each other, wherein the rotor core is thermally treated above Curie temperature to form a predetermined pattern on an outer circumference of the rotor core.

A rotor for an electric motor includes: a rotating element extending along an axis; and a retaining body formed of metal and configured to hold the rotating element from an outer peripheral side, where the retaining body includes: a plurality of annular members annularly surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the rotating element and arranged at intervals in the axis direction; and a plurality of connecting members arranged in a circumferential direction between the annular members adjacent to each other so as to connect the annular members. As a result, a path of eddy current is limited and the eddy current can be reduced.

An electric motor has a rotor and a stator (1) with a first winding space (11) to receive a multiplicity of coil windings (12) wound from a winding wire. A second winding space (20), connected to the respective first winding space (11), is provided as a winding space extension of the first winding space (11) in order to receive at least one wire portion (21) of the winding wire. Two receiving pockets (24, 25), situated opposite one another in the circumferential direction (U), are formed in the at least one second winding space (20) in order to respectively receive the at least one wire portion (21) of the winding wire.

A rotor for an electrically excited drive machine includes: a coil per rotor pole with, in each case, one first energizable coil unit, and a rotor core for holding the coils of the rotor poles. The coils have, in each case, at least one second energizable coil unit per rotor pole. The rotor has an interconnecting unit which is designed to interconnect the at least two coil units per coil in a manner which is dependent on an operating point of the electric drive machine in order to set the number of windings of the coil, and in order to electrically connect the coils of the rotor poles for configuring a rotor winding with an overall number of windings which is dependent on the numbers of windings of the coils.

A salient pole machine a rotor having a rotor rim. A plurality of salient poles having a pole winding and extending in the radial direction are attached to the rotor rim, with the rotor rim having an outermost radial surface between the pole-rim interfaces. A plurality of axial rib-like rim extensions project radially from the outermost radial surface of the rotor rim with a predetermined circumferential distance between neighboring rim extensions. A plurality of axial pole grooves in the salient pole match and receive the rim extensions. Fixing elements fix the rim extensions in the pole grooves and are inserted axially into facing interface holes defined in facing sidewalls of the pole grooves and the rib-like rim extensions. The fixing elements are radially inward of the pole windings and are accessible for axial sliding removal from the facing interface holes.